eCommunications Professional

Job description

The eCommunications Professional will serve a wide variety of CU Boulder constituencies by acting as an operational professional and support resource for electronic communications planning, distribution and analysis. This role also supports campus and unit strategic priorities with specific emphasis on supporting/sending bulk email communications, creating registration forms for events, and implementing the system wide eComm platform (currently, Salesforce, Marketing Cloud and Cvent).

Who we are:

Strategic Relations creates the strategies, messages and tools to align CU Boulder's communications, engage with and influence its audiences and advance its reputation and mission.

Build emails and event registrations for various campus units, or provide support and training to those units that want to build and send emails and event registrations themselves. This will include ongoing training and support for electronic communications tools and processes, and reviewing events created in Cvent. This position will also provide analytics of emails and event registrations for campus units that request them.

Act as front-line customer service for support requests for electronic communications that are received through the university's OIT support system or the system eComm helpdesk. Examples of troubleshooting may include tracking down why users are not receiving emails, walking people through the email or event building process, solving registration issues or helping users send emails through the electronic communications tools.

Elevate support requests and troubleshooting information to other team members as necessary.

Content Management

Expected to be facile within an electronic communications environment and work with Office of Strategic Relations colleagues to deploy content (graphics as well as text and video elements) via email communications.

Have functional ability to use content management systems and their supporting software.

Synthesize and edit content created by others, and place content into the electronic communications system.

Work with eComm and campus colleagues to ensure accurate targeting of campus messages and compliance with campus policy and Federal law regarding communications.

Understand FERPA, HIPAA, CAN-SPAM and other relevant legislation and will apply these guidelines when coordinating communications.

Work with closely with identified data analysts to provide relevant metrics for assessing communications programs, communications audiences and engagement profiles. This data and metric work will also support campus units for whom the position acts in a support role.

Other Duties

Participate in news and media relations efforts, deploy emergency communications, serve as back-up for administrative campus-wide email messaging, participate in strategic efforts for the Office of Strategic Relations and other duties as assigned.

What we can offer:

The anticipated salary range for this position is $40,000.00-$45,000.00, commensurate with experience.

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

Be creative. Be game-changing. Be visionary. Be Boulder.

Qualifications

What we require:

BA in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations or advertising or equivalent work experience in a related field or profession.

Familiarity with Salesforce/Marketing Cloud or similar platform.

Knowledge of email best practices and CAN-SPAM legislation.

What you will need:

Have functional ability to use content management systems and their supporting software.

Understand FERPA, HIPAA, CAN-SPAM and other relevant legislation and will apply these guidelines when coordinating communications.

What we'd like you to have:

A MS degree in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations or advertising

Previous communications work for a sustained period in a higher education environment or a corporate environment or non-profit organization, with preference given to internal communications experience.

Preferred qualifications may be used to further reduce the pool of applicants to those who are most highly qualified.

Special Instructions to Applicants:Please apply by April 1, 2018.

If you have technical difficulties submitting application information, please contact the CU Careers help desk at [email protected]. All other job related inquiries should be directed to the posting contact for this posting.

Application Materials Required:Cover Letter, Resume/CV

Application Materials Instructions:To apply, please submit the following materials to this posting at www.cu.edu/cu-careers:

1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that specifically addresses the job requirements and outlines qualifications. In your cover letter please describe your experience related to the position, and tell us about a time you solved a client's communication challenge through an email or email campaign design.

Please combine materials into one document and upload as titled: Last-First-12874.
Please do not upload references at this time.